Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse
> Dale: > >>Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No >>mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make >>me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the >>thing. > > *g* > > Today 'emerge --sync' followed by 'emerge -uDN world' changed my xorg to > 1.5. After 'startx' i had my usual icewm screen but no working mouse or > keyboard. > >>I had to unplug the computer then add softlevel=boot to get to >>where I could even fix the stupid thing. > > I preferred ssh from another computer. ;) > >>While I was trying to recover and reading, it appears I have to update >>my kernel for this thing to work. > > That depends. Look in 'sudo make menuconfig' at Device Drivers->Input > device support for Event interface. If available and unchecked, select > it and recompile your kernel. > > I had done so because it was mentioned in the 'Xorg 1.5 Upgrade Guide', > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.xml > > Wasn't enough, though. > > - Xorg.0.log - > (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module does not exist, 0) > --- > > But 'modprobe evdev' succeeded. *g* > > After pulling out some hairs and examining 'emerge -pv xorg-server' > closer i changed > > - /etc/make.conf - > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" > > > to > > - /etc/make.conf - > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" > --- > > and recompiled xorg-server. Now i had working mouse and keyboard under X. > > Then i noticed that my german keyboard layout was gone. The Upgrade > Guide was not very clear in this point. At least for me. > I have the same problem for my French keyboard layout, so here is what I do: Change my section InputDevice in /etc/X11/xorg.conf from: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" EndSection To this: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbLayout" "fr" Option "XkbModel" "evdev" Option "XkbRules""xorg" Driver "evdev" EndSection After that I have to find the fdi file for my keyboard and change it according to my xorg.conf: Here is what I have in the fdi file: $ nano /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi hal-setup-keymap xorg keyboard evdev fr After that killing X, then restarting hald daemon and when I restart X I have my French Layout back. Hope it's help > Time for a break, so i decided to disable hal for a while, drink some > coffee and smoke some pipes. ;) > > - /etc/X11/xorg.conf - > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" > EndSection > --- > > Now i have commented out these lines because i found a way for my german > keyboard layout. Hm, just noticed that i have also to do something for > my compose key. Sigh. > > Hartmut > > > = * Site web: http://www.drakonix.fr * =
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse
Hartmut Figge wrote: > Dale: > > >> Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No >> mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make >> me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the >> thing. >> > > *g* > > Today 'emerge --sync' followed by 'emerge -uDN world' changed my xorg to > 1.5. After 'startx' i had my usual icewm screen but no working mouse or > keyboard. > > >> I had to unplug the computer then add softlevel=boot to get to >> where I could even fix the stupid thing. >> > > I preferred ssh from another computer. ;) > > >> While I was trying to recover and reading, it appears I have to update >> my kernel for this thing to work. >> > > That depends. Look in 'sudo make menuconfig' at Device Drivers->Input > device support for Event interface. If available and unchecked, select > it and recompile your kernel. > > I had done so because it was mentioned in the 'Xorg 1.5 Upgrade Guide', > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.xml > > Wasn't enough, though. > > - Xorg.0.log - > (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module does not exist, 0) > --- > > But 'modprobe evdev' succeeded. *g* > > After pulling out some hairs and examining 'emerge -pv xorg-server' > closer i changed > > - /etc/make.conf - > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" > > > to > > - /etc/make.conf - > INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" > --- > > and recompiled xorg-server. Now i had working mouse and keyboard under X. > > Then i noticed that my german keyboard layout was gone. The Upgrade > Guide was not very clear in this point. At least for me. > > Time for a break, so i decided to disable hal for a while, drink some > coffee and smoke some pipes. ;) > > - /etc/X11/xorg.conf - > Section "ServerFlags" > Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" > EndSection > --- > > Now i have commented out these lines because i found a way for my german > keyboard layout. Hm, just noticed that i have also to do something for > my compose key. Sigh. > > Hartmut > > > > Sounds like you are having fun with your upgrade too. Unless there is a miracle and I know it will work, without me having to pull the plug again, I'm keeping that puppy masked. I'll stick with this for a while longer. On my kernel, I'm using 2.6.23. It was the last one I could get to boot so i stuck with it. Anybody see a pattern here? Thought about not syncing for a while. o_O I wish I had a spare rig to ssh in with. I loaned one out and his house burned down with my spare rig in it. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg-server and my mouse
Mike Kazantsev wrote: > On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:27:36 -0500 > Dale wrote: > > >> I'm back down to my old xorg-server-1.3* but now my mouse wheel don't >> work. Did this thing blow up my rat? How do i get my mouse wheel to >> work again? >> > > > Strangely enough, I had the following sections in my xorg.conf for a > few years now, -hal, and no problems with either mouse, touchpad or > whatever... > And before you jump to the conclusions: I use xorg-server-1.6.0 from > X11 overlay. > > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)" > Option "XkbOptions" "grp_led:scroll,grp:caps_toggle" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" > EndSection > > > Well, I emerged the new xorg-server and my GUI crashed after just a few minutes. I think it was when I hit the right button on the mouse. That was after I re-emerged xorg-server with -hal in package.use. After that, I went back to the old xorg-server. Xorg-server with hal left me with no keyboard or mouse. For some reason, no clue as to why, my mouse wheel is working. It wasn't working when I logged back into KDE but a little while after sending the email, it just started working. Here is my xorg-conf file: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath"/usr/share/fonts/Type1" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Load "extmod" Load "xtrap" Load "record" Load "dbe" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #Option"OffTime""10" Option "BlankTime" "5" Option "StandbyTime" "10" #Option"SuspendTime""10" Option "AutoAddDevices""false" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" Option "dpms" EndSection # * Users of reduced blanking now need: # *Option "ReducedBlanking" # * In the relevant Monitor section(s). # * Make sure your reduced blanking modelines are safe! Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" Option "DPMS" "TRUE" SubSection "Display" Viewport0 0 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport0 0 Depth 4 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport0 0 Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport0 0 Depth 15 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection I have been using that for a good while now. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: iptables + dansguardian + squid
On 04/10/09 04:56, James wrote: Mike Kazantsev fraggod.net> writes: > Thanks, yes I looked at them; the Gentoo wiki doesn't works: old, obsolete. Prehaps you can find a few minutes to just copy-paste old article to a restored wiki, correcting obsolete part... and someone after you won't have these problems. H, The site says this: This site is read only. No changes can be made. That means it may be out of date or incorrect and it cannot be corrected. Use at your own risk. Having said that, it should still be a good guide for most things. Or is there a way to edit what's there that I missed? It begs the question, why is this guy in control of the wiki? Others cannot contribute? James The guy who design this page is trying to help to recover Gentoo-wiki, did a quick job but I don't think he maintains it; I track this email on this page: n...@nickstallman.net We can drop him an email and ask him to edit that page to bring it to current standards. What do you say Nick :-)? The page in question is http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Dansguardian is a bit old and need some updating, so it can be of use to Gentoo comunity. -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: iptables + dansguardian + squid
On 04/10/09 10:11, Mike Kazantsev wrote: On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:04:41 -0600 Joseph wrote: Thanks, yes I looked at them; the Gentoo wiki doesn't works: old, obsolete. ... Now it works. Prehaps you can find a few minutes to just copy-paste old article to a restored wiki, correcting obsolete part... and someone after you won't have these problems. I've never posted any article on wiki, I think it requires knowledge of xml, doesn't it? The entire configuration of dansguardian.config would need to be slightly modified as it is old and it doesn't load with latest version of dansguardian we have in portage, many files changed place etc. If you want I can assist you, and maybe we can do it. It would require adding section on kernel module configuration as this is the main reason why iptable does not work with dansguardian. We can borrow sections from Linux.com as that article is well written but is missing "kernel configuration" as well as to what basic modules needs to be loaded for dansguardian and squid to work together, and how to check it. -- Joseph
[gentoo-user] Re: iptables + dansguardian + squid
Mike Kazantsev fraggod.net> writes: > > Thanks, yes I looked at them; the Gentoo wiki doesn't works: old, obsolete. > Prehaps you can find a few minutes to just copy-paste old article to a > restored wiki, correcting obsolete part... and someone after you won't > have these problems. H, The site says this: This site is read only. No changes can be made. That means it may be out of date or incorrect and it cannot be corrected. Use at your own risk. Having said that, it should still be a good guide for most things. Or is there a way to edit what's there that I missed? It begs the question, why is this guy in control of the wiki? Others cannot contribute? James
[gentoo-user] Re: iptables + dansguardian + squid
Joseph gmail.com> writes: > >> http://www.linux.com/articles/113733 > >http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Dansguardian > Thanks, yes I looked at them; the Gentoo wiki doesn't works: old, obsolete. > The one from linux.com is working but in my case I had a problem loading the iptables rules as after upgrading > kernel to 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 it seems to me > they have re-arrange the iptable modules around a nd I was missing in the kernel: > CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OWNER=y > without it you can not load: > iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m owner --uid-owner squid -j ACCEPT > iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 3128 -m owner --uid-owner squid -j ACCEPT > > Now it works. > AH, good to know. Never set it up myself ciao, James
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: iptables + dansguardian + squid
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 22:04:41 -0600 Joseph wrote: > Thanks, yes I looked at them; the Gentoo wiki doesn't works: old, obsolete. ... > Now it works. Prehaps you can find a few minutes to just copy-paste old article to a restored wiki, correcting obsolete part... and someone after you won't have these problems. -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: iptables + dansguardian + squid
On 04/10/09 03:46, james wrote: Joseph gmail.com> writes: I was following this guide to set it up home filter: iptables, DansGuardian, and Squid. http://www.linux.com/articles/113733 Here's a link to get you started http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Dansguardian Thanks, yes I looked at them; the Gentoo wiki doesn't works: old, obsolete. The one from linux.com is working but in my case I had a problem loading the iptables rules as after upgrading kernel to 2.6.27-gentoo-r8 it seems to me they have re-arrange the iptable modules around and I was missing in the kernel: CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OWNER=y without it you can not load: iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m owner --uid-owner squid -j ACCEPT iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 3128 -m owner --uid-owner squid -j ACCEPT Now it works. -- Joseph
Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg-server and my mouse
On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:27:36 -0500 Dale wrote: > I'm back down to my old xorg-server-1.3* but now my mouse wheel don't > work. Did this thing blow up my rat? How do i get my mouse wheel to > work again? Strangely enough, I had the following sections in my xorg.conf for a few years now, -hal, and no problems with either mouse, touchpad or whatever... And before you jump to the conclusions: I use xorg-server-1.6.0 from X11 overlay. Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)" Option "XkbOptions" "grp_led:scroll,grp:caps_toggle" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Re: Xorg-server and my mouse
Dale: >Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No >mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make >me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the >thing. *g* Today 'emerge --sync' followed by 'emerge -uDN world' changed my xorg to 1.5. After 'startx' i had my usual icewm screen but no working mouse or keyboard. >I had to unplug the computer then add softlevel=boot to get to >where I could even fix the stupid thing. I preferred ssh from another computer. ;) >While I was trying to recover and reading, it appears I have to update >my kernel for this thing to work. That depends. Look in 'sudo make menuconfig' at Device Drivers->Input device support for Event interface. If available and unchecked, select it and recompile your kernel. I had done so because it was mentioned in the 'Xorg 1.5 Upgrade Guide', http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.xml Wasn't enough, though. - Xorg.0.log - (EE) Failed to load module "evdev" (module does not exist, 0) --- But 'modprobe evdev' succeeded. *g* After pulling out some hairs and examining 'emerge -pv xorg-server' closer i changed - /etc/make.conf - INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" to - /etc/make.conf - INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" --- and recompiled xorg-server. Now i had working mouse and keyboard under X. Then i noticed that my german keyboard layout was gone. The Upgrade Guide was not very clear in this point. At least for me. Time for a break, so i decided to disable hal for a while, drink some coffee and smoke some pipes. ;) - /etc/X11/xorg.conf - Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices" "false" EndSection --- Now i have commented out these lines because i found a way for my german keyboard layout. Hm, just noticed that i have also to do something for my compose key. Sigh. Hartmut
[gentoo-user] Re: iptables + dansguardian + squid
Joseph gmail.com> writes: > > I was following this guide to set it up home filter: iptables, DansGuardian, and Squid. > http://www.linux.com/articles/113733 Here's a link to get you started http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Dansguardian
Re: [gentoo-user] problem making bootable usb key--FIXED
> Judging from the footer from yahoo, I am guessing you're in > Canada? Correct > Good luck and keep us posted. This time I got a better connection and downloaded the iso in one go then ran unetbootin on it and this time it worked mw __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
[gentoo-user] Xorg-server and my mouse
Hi folks, I'm not near as "upset" as I was a little while ago. I ran my updates and then took a nap while it was compiling. I woke up and they were done. Did my etc-update and went to log into KDE. No keyboard. No mouse. No nothing. I knew the new xorg-server update was going to make me change a few things but I thought I would be ABLE to change the thing. I had to unplug the computer then add softlevel=boot to get to where I could even fix the stupid thing. I'm back down to my old xorg-server-1.3* but now my mouse wheel don't work. Did this thing blow up my rat? How do i get my mouse wheel to work again? While I was trying to recover and reading, it appears I have to update my kernel for this thing to work. Something I can't do because the latest greatest kernel don't like my rig for some reason. I posted it on here somewhere a while back. Something to the effect that it is pissed at my IDE chipset. Looks like the new xorg-server is going to be masked for a while. I may have a few more questions before this mess is over. Right now, I'm going to go eat some ice cubes. Dale :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] Summer of Code Ideas
Hello, Gmane was down for a while, so I'm just now catching up on my leisure reading (this list). Previously a thread was proposed (What annoys you) on SOC ideas. Although much of the discussion was the usual suspects; I did not see many concrete ideas for the SOC folks to tackle. Here's 2 needs listed in bug 209435. 1. We need a framework for plugins with Eclipse on Gentoo. 2. SLIDE is a front end for policy management for SELinux Note if folks do not like what has been done here, then perhaps a better frontend for SELinux policy management? http://oss.tresys.com/projects/slide/wiki/download http://lwn.net/Articles/221112/ It is entirely possible that (1) has been fixed ? Just ideas for SOC. James
Re: [gentoo-user] stage 1 howto?
On Thursday 09 April 2009, HObbES wrote: > Hi Mick, > > If you have it, I'd like a copy please. I must have stored that 2004.1 LiveCD somewhere very safe, because I couldn't find it after I had a quick look. o_O However, the gentoo website still shows the full installation handbook for 2004.2, including stage 1 bootstrapping. In addition to the FAQ link you can read the step by step procedure here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2004.2/handbook-x86.xml PS. I assume you want to install it on a x86 machine, otherwise go here http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml and scroll down the page to find your architecture. PPS. Depending on your machine bootstrapping can take some time. Make sure you md5sum -c the stage source file or you may have to rinse and repeat due to a corrupt download. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] Re: which package contains latex stmaryrd.sty
Hartmut Figge: > * ERROR: dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2008 failed. The today 'emerge --sync' followed by 'emerge -pv -uDN world' showed that this package would be emerged. I was curious what would happen. Well, it failed. Looking for bugs i found http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262177 in which 'texmf-update' was recommended as fix. That helped. But then * Package 'dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2008' merged despite file * collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole * content of the above message. and * Package 'dev-texlive/texlive-latex-2008-r1' merged despite file * collisions. If necessary, refer to your elog messages for the whole * content of the above message. Hmmm ... Also i have now a new version of X http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/xorg-server-1.5-upgrade-guide.xml Soon i will shut down my current X and try to start the new one. Could be interesting. *g* Hartmut
Re: [gentoo-user] VLC use flags request
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Roy Wright wrote: > Howdy, > > I've been having trouble with VLC (saving from disc, h264+a52) and think > it's related to the set of use flags so was hoping some kind soul with a > functional VLC wouldn't mind posting their USE flags. I don't know if mine will do what you're trying to do, but it seems to work for what I've tried to do. Here are my USE flags: media-video/vlc-0.9.9a USE="X a52 aac aalib alsa avahi dbus directfb dvb dvd fbcon ffmpeg flac hal libcaca libgcrypt libnotify mmx mp3 mpeg ncurses nsplugin ogg opengl png qt4 samba sdl sse svg truetype v4l vorbis x264 xml xv (-altivec) -arts -atmo -bidi -cdda -cddax -cddb -cdio -dc1394 -debug -dirac -dts -esd -fluidsynth -fontconfig -ggi -gnome -gnutls -httpd -id3tag -jack -kate -libass -libsysfs -libv4l2 -lirc -live -lua -matroska -modplug -musepack -optimisememory -oss -pda -pulseaudio -pvr -remoteosd -rtsp -run-as-root -schroedinger -sdl-image -seamonkey -shout -skins -speex -stream (-svga) -taglib -theora -twolame -upnp -v4l2 -vcdinfo -vcdx -vlm (-win32codecs) -xinerama -xosd -zvbi"
[gentoo-user] ath5k and laptop cpu frequency scaling
I switched from madwifi-ng to ath5k when I switched from kernel 2.6.28 to 2.6.29 and my wifi speed is unusably slow when the CPU speed is scaled down. I am talking about trying to ssh into my laptop taking literally MINUTES to respond when it is running at 800MHz but being instant when it is running at 2000MHz. If I am emerging or doing anything to run the CPU, the wifi speed is fine. When I am interactively using the laptop it's not as much of an issue because the laptop itself is perfectly normal in its responsiveness, but the wifi practically dies when the CPU slows down. I tried with cpudyn and without (using kernel ondemand governor). Is anyone else using ath5k on a laptop and having this problem? I don't know if it is the wifi driver, the kernel, or something else. I did about 3 months worth of updates all at once, so that makes it a nice big mess for isolating the cause. :) Thanks, Paul
[gentoo-user] VLC use flags request
Howdy, I've been having trouble with VLC (saving from disc, h264+a52) and think it's related to the set of use flags so was hoping some kind soul with a functional VLC wouldn't mind posting their USE flags. TIA, Roy
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Dale wrote: > >> What's with Seamonkey 2? I got to check on that. >> > > >From what I remember, Seamonkey 2 was becoming more > Firefox-and-Thunderbird like in its browser and e-mail components. > It's using the newer XUL toolkit and has a Firefox-style add-on > manager (rendering old seamonkey extensions and themes useless) and I > believe the e-mail portion might be compatible with Thunderbird? > Basically a modernization of Seamonkey. Not sure how much of that will > actually come to reality. > > > Apparently a lot of changes. I found this information: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.0a3/changes#new Sounds like some serious changes. I always tell people that Seamonkey is like Firefox and Thunderbird in one program. It's not the same program but they get the meaning at least. It's browser and email together basically. Plus a few other tidbits like chat etc etc. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Dale wrote: > What's with Seamonkey 2? I got to check on that. >From what I remember, Seamonkey 2 was becoming more Firefox-and-Thunderbird like in its browser and e-mail components. It's using the newer XUL toolkit and has a Firefox-style add-on manager (rendering old seamonkey extensions and themes useless) and I believe the e-mail portion might be compatible with Thunderbird? Basically a modernization of Seamonkey. Not sure how much of that will actually come to reality.
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
Paul Hartman wrote: > > Ah yes, I forgot the .db files. This reminds me to make backups of my > .mozilla directory :) Glad you got it all straightened out! > > > Well, this little tidbit of info may help too. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_SeaMonkey It tells what all those files are for. That helped me recover the password file at least. There are more links at the bottom as well. What's with Seamonkey 2? I got to check on that. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:43 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com> wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: >> >> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com> >> wrote: > > > >>> >>> So I figured that I should take a snapshot of the old xterm and >>> post it next to yesterday's posting and allow folks an a:b >>> comparison. But YIKES - when I looked at the photo on the updated >>> box, I again saw the cross-hatch. And if I look carefully, I see >>> the "dots" beneath the "cross-hatch"!?! >>> >>> So I'm now thinking that -br still works; and that there is some >>> sort of minuscule frequency/refresh/other difference between the >>> old and new xorg-server that is accounting for this jagged >>> appearance on top of the dots. >> >> That's really weird. I don't use xterm, but from the man page it >> looks like you can define various scrollbar options in your X >> resources file(s). I wonder if you had that set and lost it, or if >> the system-wide defaults were changes from an update or something. >> For example: >> >> Scrollbar Resources The following resources are useful when specified >> for the Athena Scrollbar widget: >> >> thickness (class Thickness) Specifies the width in pixels of the >> scrollbar. >> >> background (class Background) Specifies the color to use for the >> background of the scrollbar. >> >> foreground (class Foreground) Specifies the color to use for the >> foreground of the scrollbar. The ``thumb'' of the scrollbar is a simple >> checkerboard pattern alternating pixels for foreground and >> background color. >> > > I think you're right. I can color the scrollbar and see the > jaggedness no more. > > But the question is, why do I (and you) see jaggedness when looking at > that jpeg? I can ignore it, and likely it'll be fine (no jaggedness when > looking at that particular pattern) the next update, or I can report it > to bugzilla and let them pass it upstream. Guess that is what I'm > presently pondering. > > Thanks for following this! If you use the xsetroot utility to alter the root window background, does it carry down to the xterm scrollbar? By that I mean I wonder if xterm inherits its visual look from the parent or if it is living in its own little world.
[gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border
Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com> wrote: So I figured that I should take a snapshot of the old xterm and post it next to yesterday's posting and allow folks an a:b comparison. But YIKES - when I looked at the photo on the updated box, I again saw the cross-hatch. And if I look carefully, I see the "dots" beneath the "cross-hatch"!?! So I'm now thinking that -br still works; and that there is some sort of minuscule frequency/refresh/other difference between the old and new xorg-server that is accounting for this jagged appearance on top of the dots. That's really weird. I don't use xterm, but from the man page it looks like you can define various scrollbar options in your X resources file(s). I wonder if you had that set and lost it, or if the system-wide defaults were changes from an update or something. For example: Scrollbar Resources The following resources are useful when specified for the Athena Scrollbar widget: thickness (class Thickness) Specifies the width in pixels of the scrollbar. background (class Background) Specifies the color to use for the background of the scrollbar. foreground (class Foreground) Specifies the color to use for the foreground of the scrollbar. The ``thumb'' of the scrollbar is a simple checkerboard pattern alternating pixels for foreground and background color. I think you're right. I can color the scrollbar and see the jaggedness no more. But the question is, why do I (and you) see jaggedness when looking at that jpeg? I can ignore it, and likely it'll be fine (no jaggedness when looking at that particular pattern) the next update, or I can report it to bugzilla and let them pass it upstream. Guess that is what I'm presently pondering. Thanks for following this!
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Dale wrote: > Paul Hartman wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Dale wrote: > > > Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > > > 2009/4/8 Dale : > > > > On another thread I had trouble with Seamonkey crashing on certain > websites. After some other people said it worked for them and some > testing on my end, we figured out it was a bad file somewhere in > ~/.mozilla. I need to transfer my emails to the new clean .mozilla > directory. This is what I have done so far: > > 1: move .mozilla to another directory using cp -av I moved it to my > data directory. > 2: delete ~/.mozilla > 3: open Seamonkey and let it recreate the new .mozilla directory. > 4: close Seamonkey > 5: copy the old Mail directory to the new ~/.mozilla directory. I made > sure it went to the right place too. You know, in the default then some > weird number thing. > 6: open Seamonkey and see if the mail is there. It's not. > > I did check to make sure the permissions were correct. I feel like > there may be another file or something that I need to copy but am missing. > > Is there a how to for this? Has someone did this recently successfully > and like to share how they did it? Could I just delete everything but > the Mail directory and that work? > > > > This should work but you need to set up your mail account(s) again as > the account settings itself are not stored in the maildir. But I guess > you have done this already as seamonkey should remind you about > creating a new account if it is started without an existing profile. > > > > > Well, this is getting frustrating to say the least. All I want is to > save my emails and my passwords but I can't seem to save my passwords. > When I copy the files needed to save the passwords, I loose my emails > and then it crashes again when I go to the website that crashes Seamonkey. > > It looks like I will have to loose all my passwords and that sucks. > I'll be hitting that "lost password" link for months to get that sorted out. > > Still open to ideas tho. At least I know now that it is the prefs.js > file that has "issues" with that webiste tho. It works fine until I > copy that puppy over to the new .mozilla. > > Dale > > > I don't use Seamonkey for Email but I did have a problem where parts > of my profile directory got corrupted and i had to piece together a > year-old backup with the current data. I don't know if the email > portion uses the same files as the browser portion, but the sames > formed/passwords are in files with .s (sign-on) and .w (wallet) > extensions. They have random-looking filenames. I had to edid my > prefs.js and put in the names of my old s and w files into the new > profile. After that my saved passwords and forms came up like before. > > > > > You are exactly correct. It gave me fits for a while but I finally copied > enough of my old prefs.js file over to the new file to get my passwords > working again. Basically you have to edit the prefs.js file to point to the > new password file and there is more than one spot for that. You also have > to copy the key3.db file over as well. > > I now have my emails and passwords. I had to go wash dishes and think on > this issue to figure that out. > > Now to go set up all my filters again. Ah yes, I forgot the .db files. This reminds me to make backups of my .mozilla directory :) Glad you got it all straightened out!
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Dale wrote: > >> Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >> >>> 2009/4/8 Dale : >>> >>> On another thread I had trouble with Seamonkey crashing on certain websites. After some other people said it worked for them and some testing on my end, we figured out it was a bad file somewhere in ~/.mozilla. I need to transfer my emails to the new clean .mozilla directory. This is what I have done so far: 1: move .mozilla to another directory using cp -av I moved it to my data directory. 2: delete ~/.mozilla 3: open Seamonkey and let it recreate the new .mozilla directory. 4: close Seamonkey 5: copy the old Mail directory to the new ~/.mozilla directory. I made sure it went to the right place too. You know, in the default then some weird number thing. 6: open Seamonkey and see if the mail is there. It's not. I did check to make sure the permissions were correct. I feel like there may be another file or something that I need to copy but am missing. Is there a how to for this? Has someone did this recently successfully and like to share how they did it? Could I just delete everything but the Mail directory and that work? >>> This should work but you need to set up your mail account(s) again as >>> the account settings itself are not stored in the maildir. But I guess >>> you have done this already as seamonkey should remind you about >>> creating a new account if it is started without an existing profile. >>> >>> >>> >> Well, this is getting frustrating to say the least. All I want is to >> save my emails and my passwords but I can't seem to save my passwords. >> When I copy the files needed to save the passwords, I loose my emails >> and then it crashes again when I go to the website that crashes Seamonkey. >> >> It looks like I will have to loose all my passwords and that sucks. >> I'll be hitting that "lost password" link for months to get that sorted out. >> >> Still open to ideas tho. At least I know now that it is the prefs.js >> file that has "issues" with that webiste tho. It works fine until I >> copy that puppy over to the new .mozilla. >> >> Dale >> > > I don't use Seamonkey for Email but I did have a problem where parts > of my profile directory got corrupted and i had to piece together a > year-old backup with the current data. I don't know if the email > portion uses the same files as the browser portion, but the sames > formed/passwords are in files with .s (sign-on) and .w (wallet) > extensions. They have random-looking filenames. I had to edid my > prefs.js and put in the names of my old s and w files into the new > profile. After that my saved passwords and forms came up like before. > > > You are exactly correct. It gave me fits for a while but I finally copied enough of my old prefs.js file over to the new file to get my passwords working again. Basically you have to edit the prefs.js file to point to the new password file and there is more than one spot for that. You also have to copy the key3.db file over as well. I now have my emails and passwords. I had to go wash dishes and think on this issue to figure that out. Now to go set up all my filters again. Dale :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] iptables + dansguardian + squid
I was following this guide to set it up home filter: iptables, DansGuardian, and Squid. http://www.linux.com/articles/113733 in the past it worked but when I try it now eg: iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m owner --uid-owner squid -j ACCEPT iptables: No chain/target/match by that name Apparently filtering in the nat table is no longer supported. But I'm not good in iptables so I need some help here. Anybody has a good link showing basics how to do it? -- Joseph
[gentoo-user] Re: which package contains latex stmaryrd.sty
Valmor de Almeida: >Willie Wong wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 12:32:26AM -0400, Penguin Lover Valmor de Almeida >> squawked: >>> However texlive-mathextra won't emerge. Any advice? Thanks, >> >> Not sure if this will help, but try *not* emerging it directly. Add >> mathextra to the USE for app-text/texlive and emerge --newuse texlive. For me h...@e675 ~ $ emerge -pv texlive-mathextra These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies . done! [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2008 USE="doc -source" 0 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/mplib-1.110 USE="lua" 0 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended-2008 USE="doc -source" 41,578 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/luatex-0.30.3 USE="doc" 0 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-latex-2008-r1 USE="doc -source" 0 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-mathextra-2008 USE="doc -source" 4,299 kB Total: 6 packages (6 new), Size of downloads: 45,876 kB >These are the packages that I actually emerged to keep the system lean >(from world file): > >dev-texlive/texlive-fontsextra >dev-texlive/texlive-latex >dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra Nothing of texlive in my world file. But trying to emerge texlive-mathextra fails already at the first step. >>> Emerging (1 of 6) dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2008 [...] >>> Unpacking texlive-module-metafont-2008.tar.lzma to >>> /var/tmp/portage/dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2008/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2008/work >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2008/work ... * Building format texmf/fmtutil/format.metafont.cnf fmtutil: format directory `/var/tmp/portage/dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2008/work/texmf-var/web2c' does not exist. * * ERROR: dev-texlive/texlive-basic-2008 failed. Hartmut
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 log messages
On 4/9/2009 11:27 AM, Mick wrote: 2009/4/8 Mike Edenfield: On 4/8/2009 3:37 PM, Mick wrote: Wikipedia is telling me that OTF are a Microsoft/Adobe creation - is Linux following suit and therefore xorg includes them in its list of fonts? OpenType (the catchy name for an OTF font) is basically the successor to TrueType, but is in theory an open standard, so its become a pretty popular font set. Xorg just includes, by default, a list of such popular font packages (it also includes FreeType, a couple different dpis, etc.) If I were to install OTF which package should I emerge? dev-libs/libotf-0.9.6 ? There are a couple of OpenType font packages in portage but they mostly are alternative language fonts. Currently most of the font packages that have been converted to OpenType are commercial, like the Adobe professional fonts. As far as OTF support, I'm pretty sure it's already built in to any recent version of the freetype library and pango/Qt. You shouldn't need to install anything more to use OTF fonts, you just have to find the OTF fonts :)
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Dale wrote: > Daniel Pielmeier wrote: >> 2009/4/8 Dale : >> >>> On another thread I had trouble with Seamonkey crashing on certain >>> websites. After some other people said it worked for them and some >>> testing on my end, we figured out it was a bad file somewhere in >>> ~/.mozilla. I need to transfer my emails to the new clean .mozilla >>> directory. This is what I have done so far: >>> >>> 1: move .mozilla to another directory using cp -av I moved it to my >>> data directory. >>> 2: delete ~/.mozilla >>> 3: open Seamonkey and let it recreate the new .mozilla directory. >>> 4: close Seamonkey >>> 5: copy the old Mail directory to the new ~/.mozilla directory. I made >>> sure it went to the right place too. You know, in the default then some >>> weird number thing. >>> 6: open Seamonkey and see if the mail is there. It's not. >>> >>> I did check to make sure the permissions were correct. I feel like >>> there may be another file or something that I need to copy but am missing. >>> >>> Is there a how to for this? Has someone did this recently successfully >>> and like to share how they did it? Could I just delete everything but >>> the Mail directory and that work? >>> >> >> This should work but you need to set up your mail account(s) again as >> the account settings itself are not stored in the maildir. But I guess >> you have done this already as seamonkey should remind you about >> creating a new account if it is started without an existing profile. >> >> > > Well, this is getting frustrating to say the least. All I want is to > save my emails and my passwords but I can't seem to save my passwords. > When I copy the files needed to save the passwords, I loose my emails > and then it crashes again when I go to the website that crashes Seamonkey. > > It looks like I will have to loose all my passwords and that sucks. > I'll be hitting that "lost password" link for months to get that sorted out. > > Still open to ideas tho. At least I know now that it is the prefs.js > file that has "issues" with that webiste tho. It works fine until I > copy that puppy over to the new .mozilla. > > Dale I don't use Seamonkey for Email but I did have a problem where parts of my profile directory got corrupted and i had to piece together a year-old backup with the current data. I don't know if the email portion uses the same files as the browser portion, but the sames formed/passwords are in files with .s (sign-on) and .w (wallet) extensions. They have random-looking filenames. I had to edid my prefs.js and put in the names of my old s and w files into the new profile. After that my saved passwords and forms came up like before.
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > 2009/4/8 Dale : > >> On another thread I had trouble with Seamonkey crashing on certain >> websites. After some other people said it worked for them and some >> testing on my end, we figured out it was a bad file somewhere in >> ~/.mozilla. I need to transfer my emails to the new clean .mozilla >> directory. This is what I have done so far: >> >> 1: move .mozilla to another directory using cp -av I moved it to my >> data directory. >> 2: delete ~/.mozilla >> 3: open Seamonkey and let it recreate the new .mozilla directory. >> 4: close Seamonkey >> 5: copy the old Mail directory to the new ~/.mozilla directory. I made >> sure it went to the right place too. You know, in the default then some >> weird number thing. >> 6: open Seamonkey and see if the mail is there. It's not. >> >> I did check to make sure the permissions were correct. I feel like >> there may be another file or something that I need to copy but am missing. >> >> Is there a how to for this? Has someone did this recently successfully >> and like to share how they did it? Could I just delete everything but >> the Mail directory and that work? >> > > This should work but you need to set up your mail account(s) again as > the account settings itself are not stored in the maildir. But I guess > you have done this already as seamonkey should remind you about > creating a new account if it is started without an existing profile. > > Well, this is getting frustrating to say the least. All I want is to save my emails and my passwords but I can't seem to save my passwords. When I copy the files needed to save the passwords, I loose my emails and then it crashes again when I go to the website that crashes Seamonkey. It looks like I will have to loose all my passwords and that sucks. I'll be hitting that "lost password" link for months to get that sorted out. Still open to ideas tho. At least I know now that it is the prefs.js file that has "issues" with that webiste tho. It works fine until I copy that puppy over to the new .mozilla. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 log messages
2009/4/8 Mike Edenfield : > On 4/8/2009 3:37 PM, Mick wrote: > >> Wikipedia is telling me that OTF are a Microsoft/Adobe creation - is Linux >> following suit and therefore xorg includes them in its list of fonts? > > OpenType (the catchy name for an OTF font) is basically the successor to > TrueType, but is in theory an open standard, so its become a pretty popular > font set. Xorg just includes, by default, a list of such popular font > packages (it also includes FreeType, a couple different dpis, etc.) If I were to install OTF which package should I emerge? dev-libs/libotf-0.9.6 ? -- Regards, Mick
Re: [gentoo-user] which package contains latex stmaryrd.sty
Willie Wong wrote: On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 12:32:26AM -0400, Penguin Lover Valmor de Almeida squawked: All previous replies very helpful. Thanks. However texlive-mathextra won't emerge. Any advice? Thanks, Not sure if this will help, but try *not* emerging it directly. Add mathextra to the USE for app-text/texlive and emerge --newuse texlive. W These are the packages that I actually emerged to keep the system lean (from world file): dev-texlive/texlive-fontsextra dev-texlive/texlive-latex dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra everything else from dev-texlive was pulled as dependencies. As a result I have * app-text/texlive Latest version available: 2008 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of files: 0 kB Homepage: http://tug.org/texlive/ Description: A complete TeX distribution License: GPL-2 * app-text/texlive-core Latest version available: 2008-r4 Latest version installed: 2008-r4 Size of files: 28,470 kB Homepage: http://tug.org/texlive/ Description: A complete TeX distribution License: GPL-2 LPPL-1.3c * dev-texlive/texlive-basic Latest version available: 2008 Latest version installed: 2008 Size of files: 5,139 kB Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/ Description: TeXLive Essential programs and files License: GPL-2 as-is GPL-1 LPPL-1.3 TeX and if I do emerge texlive (the USE flag is extra) I get: -> emerge -vp texlive These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-texinfo-2008 USE="-doc -source" 77 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/xcolor-2.11 729 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-latex3-2008 USE="-doc -source" 44 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-metapost-2008 USE="-doc -source" 301 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/envlab-1.2-r1 29 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-bibtexextra-2008 USE="-doc -source" 723 kB [ebuild N] app-text/t1utils-1.34 152 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/europecv-20060424-r1 USE="-examples" 765 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-genericextra-2008 USE="-doc -source" 174 kB [ebuild NS ] media-libs/freetype-1.4_pre20080316-r1 [2.3.8] USE="kpathsea nls -doc" 1,172 kB [ebuild N] app-text/texi2html-1.76 460 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-mathextra-2008 USE="-doc -source" 0 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/translator-1.00 USE="-doc" 175 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/svninfo-0.7.3-r1 15 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/leaflet-20041222 240 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/chktex-1.6.4 USE="-debug -doc" 210 kB [ebuild N] app-text/psutils-1.17 61 kB [ebuild N] app-text/ps2eps-1.64 107 kB [ebuild N] app-text/lcdf-typetools-2.69 USE="kpathsea" 538 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-langukenglish-2008 USE="-doc -source" 1 kB [ebuild N] media-gfx/sam2p-0.45-r1 USE="gif -examples" 425 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-langportuguese-2008 USE="-doc -source" 3 kB [ebuild N] app-text/xdvik-22.84.14 USE="-Xaw3d -cjk -emacs -motif -neXt" 1,969 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/g-brief-4.0.2 149 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/currvita-0.9i-r1 18 kB [ebuild N] app-text/dvipdfm-0.13.2d-r1 232 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-psutils-2008 USE="-doc -source" 38 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/glossaries-1.16 USE="-doc -examples" 765 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-plainextra-2008 USE="-doc -source" 109 kB [ebuild N] dev-texlive/texlive-formatsextra-2008 USE="-doc -source" 284 kB [ebuild N] media-libs/gd-2.0.35 USE="jpeg png truetype -fontconfig -xpm" 1,185 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/mh-20080903 USE="-doc" 1,927 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/feynmf-1.08-r3 USE="-doc" 280 kB [ebuild N] virtual/texi2dvi-0 0 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/pgf-2.00 USE="-doc" 3,671 kB [ebuild N] dev-tex/latex-beamer-3.07 USE="-doc -examples -lyx" 2,336 kB [ebuild N] app-text/dvipng-1.11 USE="truetype -test" 164 kB [ebuild N] app-text/texlive-2008 USE="X extra png truetype -cjk -context -cyrillic -detex -doc -dvi2tty -games -graphics -humanities -jadetex -music -omega -pstricks -publishers -science -tex4ht -xetex -xindy -xml" LINGUAS="en en_GB pt -af -ar -bg -bn -bo -cs -cy -da -de -el -eo -es -et -fi -fr -ga -he -hi -hr -hsb -hu -hy -id -is -it -ja -ko -la -ml -mn -nl -no -pl -ro -ru -sk -sl -sr -sv -ta -th -tr -uk -vi -zh" 0 kB Total: 38 packages (37 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 19,511 kB And indeed texlive-mathextra-2008 is pulled in but look at all the rest! It seems there should be a way to install mathextra without all the extra stuff. -- Valmor
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM, 7v5w7go9ub0o <7v5w7go9u...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >> On Thursday 09 April 2009 03:22:23 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: something similar on my system. >>> >>> That's it. It is the same gray "hash" that appears as the background if >>> you were to start X using xorgcfg to self generate an >>> xorg-config. >>> >>> It's obviously something one can learn to live with (I work a lot with >>> xterms); just irritating that I had it under control a while back, and >>> suddenly it reappears. I'm guessing that Alan McKinnon has it right, and >>> that xorg has a minor bug; that the -br parameter >>> no longer works. >> >> X -br still works just fine, I use it here and that horrific cross-hatch >> doesn't show up. >> >> The OP's complaint turns out to be is the xterm scrollbar, by default >> it looks just like that. >> > > Well. in an effort to prove to myself that I haven't gone nuts, I > brought up my "maintenance OS" - which is simply a copy of the primary > OS on another partition. I copied it there immediately prior to the xorg > update. I opened up an xterm (Paul Hartman, I've set a default in > fluxbox that provides a scrollbar on every xterm - but thanks for your > thought that I could turn it off") and there were the nice, civilized > "dots" that I've seen for years; NOT the cross-hatch that we all see now. > > I then shut down X and started up X from a user who does not have an > .xinitrc - thereby bringing up basic XDM - and there was the nice, > "dots" background; NOT the jagged background that I see if I bring up that > user post-xorg-update. > > So I figured that I should take a snapshot of the old xterm and post it > next to yesterday's posting and allow folks an a:b comparison. But YIKES > - when I looked at the photo on the updated box, I again saw the > cross-hatch. And if I look carefully, I see the "dots" beneath the > "cross-hatch"!?! > > So I'm now thinking that -br still works; and that there is some sort of > minuscule frequency/refresh/other difference between the old and new > xorg-server that is accounting for this jagged appearance on top of the > dots. That's really weird. I don't use xterm, but from the man page it looks like you can define various scrollbar options in your X resources file(s). I wonder if you had that set and lost it, or if the system-wide defaults were changes from an update or something. For example: Scrollbar Resources The following resources are useful when specified for the Athena Scrollbar widget: thickness (class Thickness) Specifies the width in pixels of the scrollbar. background (class Background) Specifies the color to use for the background of the scrollbar. foreground (class Foreground) Specifies the color to use for the foreground of the scrollbar. The ``thumb'' of the scrollbar is a simple checkerboard pattern alternating pixels for foreground and background color.
[gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border
Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 09 April 2009 03:22:23 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: something similar on my system. That's it. It is the same gray "hash" that appears as the background if you were to start X using xorgcfg to self generate an xorg-config. It's obviously something one can learn to live with (I work a lot with xterms); just irritating that I had it under control a while back, and suddenly it reappears. I'm guessing that Alan McKinnon has it right, and that xorg has a minor bug; that the -br parameter no longer works. X -br still works just fine, I use it here and that horrific cross-hatch doesn't show up. The OP's complaint turns out to be is the xterm scrollbar, by default it looks just like that. Well. in an effort to prove to myself that I haven't gone nuts, I brought up my "maintenance OS" - which is simply a copy of the primary OS on another partition. I copied it there immediately prior to the xorg update. I opened up an xterm (Paul Hartman, I've set a default in fluxbox that provides a scrollbar on every xterm - but thanks for your thought that I could turn it off") and there were the nice, civilized "dots" that I've seen for years; NOT the cross-hatch that we all see now. I then shut down X and started up X from a user who does not have an .xinitrc - thereby bringing up basic XDM - and there was the nice, "dots" background; NOT the jagged background that I see if I bring up that user post-xorg-update. So I figured that I should take a snapshot of the old xterm and post it next to yesterday's posting and allow folks an a:b comparison. But YIKES - when I looked at the photo on the updated box, I again saw the cross-hatch. And if I look carefully, I see the "dots" beneath the "cross-hatch"!?! So I'm now thinking that -br still works; and that there is some sort of minuscule frequency/refresh/other difference between the old and new xorg-server that is accounting for this jagged appearance on top of the dots.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which package contains latex stmaryrd.sty
ABCD wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Wednesday 08 April 2009 22:17:17 Valmor de Almeida wrote: Hello, Would anyone know which portage package would install the stmaryrd fonts? It's tetex. No, it isn't. teTeX is obsolete, and should not be used. If you have it installed, and have synced recently, you should have gotten a notice saying to switch to TeXLive: teTeX is obsolete and has been unsupported upstream since May of 2006. All users who still have teTeX installed should uninstall it and install TeXLive using the upgrade guide accessible at the following URL: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/tex/texlive-migration-guide.xml - -- ABCD Thanks for checking. No I don't have tetex installed. I have just installed gentoo on a laptop and use texlive only. -- Valmor
Re: [gentoo-user] which package contains latex stmaryrd.sty
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 12:32:26AM -0400, Penguin Lover Valmor de Almeida squawked: > All previous replies very helpful. > > Thanks. > > However texlive-mathextra won't emerge. Any advice? Thanks, > Not sure if this will help, but try *not* emerging it directly. Add mathextra to the USE for app-text/texlive and emerge --newuse texlive. W -- "I don't know, " said the voice on the PA, "apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all. " Sortir en Pantoufles: up 853 days, 12:19
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > 2009/4/8 Dale : > >> On another thread I had trouble with Seamonkey crashing on certain >> websites. After some other people said it worked for them and some >> testing on my end, we figured out it was a bad file somewhere in >> ~/.mozilla. I need to transfer my emails to the new clean .mozilla >> directory. This is what I have done so far: >> >> 1: move .mozilla to another directory using cp -av I moved it to my >> data directory. >> 2: delete ~/.mozilla >> 3: open Seamonkey and let it recreate the new .mozilla directory. >> 4: close Seamonkey >> 5: copy the old Mail directory to the new ~/.mozilla directory. I made >> sure it went to the right place too. You know, in the default then some >> weird number thing. >> 6: open Seamonkey and see if the mail is there. It's not. >> >> I did check to make sure the permissions were correct. I feel like >> there may be another file or something that I need to copy but am missing. >> >> Is there a how to for this? Has someone did this recently successfully >> and like to share how they did it? Could I just delete everything but >> the Mail directory and that work? >> > > This should work but you need to set up your mail account(s) again as > the account settings itself are not stored in the maildir. But I guess > you have done this already as seamonkey should remind you about > creating a new account if it is started without an existing profile. > > I can get the emails copied but when I try to restore my password files, the email disappear. After some testing, it is when I copy the pref.js file that the emails disappear again. I really need my password files. Is there no way to export/import them? I can't find any option to do this. Also, I noticed the the information in prefs.js was point to the wrong number for my emails. I closed Seamonkey and edited those to the new number but it still didn't work. Open to ideas here too. The number is the directory under default. I never did understand what that was about tho. Thanks Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] python 2.6, multiple problems
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:15:24 +0400 Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > Are there reasons to keep 2.5 slot after updating? I don't think there is: all the dev-python packages will be installed for current (2.6) python anyway. I've upgraded to 2.6 soon after it was released and since then had no real issues, aside from few development packages I use, where python 2.6 gave syntax errors because of 'as' var usage, which is a reserved word in 2.6. -- Mike Kazantsev // fraggod.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] python 2.6, multiple problems
On Thursday 09 April 2009 15:33:03 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:05:55 +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > > After upgrading to 2.6.x (~amd64) I have multiple problems in building > > python- dependant packages: > > > > "checking for module... no" > > python-updater should fix this. Thanks, have started: 141 packages 8-0 Are there reasons to keep 2.5 slot after updating?
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: eliminating packages/ebuilds from the portage tree
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 11:32:22AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > is there a good reason to remove them, instead of masking? > > > > If you like spending half a day masking hundreds and hundreds of > > packages using an inflated package.mask, then no, there's no good reason :) > > The OP said "a couple of packages", so package.mask is the best bet. Give OP the benefit of doubt that he might know what he is asking and why. > PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS is probably not the best way - if one of those > packages is in a DEPEND that is needed somewhere, portage will throw a hissy > fit about missing stuff. If masked, at least you get a parseable error message # mv /usr/portage/dev-libs/apr /tmp/ # emerge -va apache These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "=dev-libs/apr-1*". (dependency required by "www-servers/apache-2.2.10" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "apache" [argument]) Does look like an informative message to me rather than a hissy fit. -- Eray
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Web server mirror
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 12:13:06AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 21:09:57 +, Momesso Andrea wrote: > > > Ok, but what about databases? Joomla has his own and mediawiki too... > > Just dump it and copy it? Will it work? > > MySQL can be configured to automatically replicate data to another server. > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/replication.html > > > -- > Neil Bothwick > > Boss spelled backwards is "double-SOB" Thank you all for the suggestions, I'm going to look at it deeper in the next days. --- TopperH http://topperh.blogspot.com pgpu9ZICYcazN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] python 2.6, multiple problems
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:05:55 +0400, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > After upgrading to 2.6.x (~amd64) I have multiple problems in building > python- dependant packages: > > "checking for module... no" python-updater should fix this. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 4: Diet ice cream signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
Daniel Pielmeier wrote: > 2009/4/8 Dale : > >> On another thread I had trouble with Seamonkey crashing on certain >> websites. After some other people said it worked for them and some >> testing on my end, we figured out it was a bad file somewhere in >> ~/.mozilla. I need to transfer my emails to the new clean .mozilla >> directory. This is what I have done so far: >> >> 1: move .mozilla to another directory using cp -av I moved it to my >> data directory. >> 2: delete ~/.mozilla >> 3: open Seamonkey and let it recreate the new .mozilla directory. >> 4: close Seamonkey >> 5: copy the old Mail directory to the new ~/.mozilla directory. I made >> sure it went to the right place too. You know, in the default then some >> weird number thing. >> 6: open Seamonkey and see if the mail is there. It's not. >> >> I did check to make sure the permissions were correct. I feel like >> there may be another file or something that I need to copy but am missing. >> >> Is there a how to for this? Has someone did this recently successfully >> and like to share how they did it? Could I just delete everything but >> the Mail directory and that work? >> > > This should work but you need to set up your mail account(s) again as > the account settings itself are not stored in the maildir. But I guess > you have done this already as seamonkey should remind you about > creating a new account if it is started without an existing profile. > > OK. So when I start up Seamonkey the first time with a fresh .mozilla, I have to set up a email account then close Seamonkey and copy. Hmm, we'll try that then. I make a back up before I try anything so when it doesn't work, I just copy it back. Thanks much. Dale :-) :-) :-)
[gentoo-user] python 2.6, multiple problems
Hi! After upgrading to 2.6.x (~amd64) I have multiple problems in building python- dependant packages: "checking for module... no" Are there steps to cure python installation? I didn't delete 2.5.x slot, eselect shows 2.6 is selected (I didn't do any selections myself).
[gentoo-user] Re: which package contains latex stmaryrd.sty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wednesday 08 April 2009 22:17:17 Valmor de Almeida wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Would anyone know which portage package would install the stmaryrd fonts? > > It's tetex. No, it isn't. teTeX is obsolete, and should not be used. If you have it installed, and have synced recently, you should have gotten a notice saying to switch to TeXLive: teTeX is obsolete and has been unsupported upstream since May of 2006. All users who still have teTeX installed should uninstall it and install TeXLive using the upgrade guide accessible at the following URL: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/tex/texlive-migration-guide.xml - -- ABCD -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknd1RQACgkQOypDUo0oQOqoYQCgnXcfAR2V76jT99YHRG9Wy/EO sTEAoN8ZxN4+1zel920As8qIMqrz+KZL =7TNk -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [gentoo-user] problem making bootable usb key
On Wed, April 8, 2009 7:20 pm, maxim wexler wrote: > >> Was quite easy using "unetbootin", it's in the portage >> tree. >> There is also a MS Windows version of this tool. >> "emerge -va unetbootin" > > Thanks Joost, > > I did an emerge -pv unetbootin earlier but there were lots of blocks and > masks plus it wants >100M downloads and I only get 2k from dialup here. > > Didn't realize there was a Windows version. Better not wipe XP yet! > > So I got this: > > http://launchpad.net/unetbootin/trunk/276.exe/+download/unetbootin-eeeubuntu-windows-276.exe > > (3.5M)and pointed it at the iso. Did the deed and rebooted. Now it's > telling me: > > Loading /ubnkern > Invalid or corrupt kernel image. > > So I guess it's back to the Wifi Cafe to dawdle over my coffee for an hour > while I download another. Better run the checksum this time -- if Xandros > has the tool! Maxim, Judging from the footer from yahoo, I am guessing you're in Canada? Too bad, if you were closer to me, we could meet and probably do the install in a cafe or somewhere... Don't forget to format the usb-stick prior to running "unetbootin". Good luck and keep us posted. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] problem making bootable usb keyADDENDUM
On Thu, April 9, 2009 12:40 am, maxim wexler wrote: > >> That's right, you're not using it properly, you shouldn't >> be using any >> options. Read the md5sum man page > > I think I got it: > > heat...@kyzyl ~ $ md5sum -t > download/eeexubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386-20090223.iso > 174b43676c64043770319f80effe6253 > download/eeexubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386-20090223.iso > > and from the simosnet-livecd site: > > 4b7b46e73511c4ffcada9e28fc3ef7c2 > eeexubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386-20090223.iso > > No match means bad file, right? Yes, no match means the files are not the same. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: jagged, grey, fine, horizontal lines on xterm border
On Thursday 09 April 2009 03:22:23 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: > > something similar on my system. > > That's it. It is the same gray "hash" that appears as the background if > you were to start X using xorgcfg to self generate an xorg-config. > > It's obviously something one can learn to live with (I work a lot with > xterms); just irritating that I had it under control a while back, and > suddenly it reappears. I'm guessing that Alan McKinnon has it right, and > that xorg has a minor bug; that the -br parameter no longer works. X -br still works just fine, I use it here and that horrific cross-hatch doesn't show up. The OP's complaint turns out to be is the xterm scrollbar, by default it looks just like that. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: eliminating packages/ebuilds from the portage tree
On Thursday 09 April 2009 07:48:45 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Donnerstag 09 April 2009, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> There are a couple of packages (ebuilds) in the portage tree that I > >> would like to eliminate completely from my system and not get them back > >> after an emerge --sync. Is this possible? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> -- > >> Valmor > > > > is there a good reason to remove them, instead of masking? > > If you like spending half a day masking hundreds and hundreds of > packages using an inflated package.mask, then no, there's no good reason :) The OP said "a couple of packages", so package.mask is the best bet. PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS is probably not the best way - if one of those packages is in a DEPEND that is needed somewhere, portage will throw a hissy fit about missing stuff. If masked, at least you get a parseable error message -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
Re: [gentoo-user] kernel upgrade error. help me
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 00:19:03 -0400, Saphirus Sage wrote: Please trim your quotes. > I saw that, I just found it very odd that you don't keep the initramrd > and kernel image in /boot. Therefore, I was wondering if your issue > was having not properly configured genkernel. I've never seen anyone > run a system without /boot, so, is there a chance that's where the > missing kernel image and initrd are? The GRUB config posted shows the kernel as being loaded from the root of (hd0,0) while real_root is /dev/sda3, which looks like a standard setup of sda1 - boot sda2 - swap sda3 - root It looks to me like the drivers for the disk controller are missing. To the OP, how did you create the configuration for the new kernel? If you copied over the .config from the working kernel and ran make oldconfig, you should have the same drivers included. -- Neil Bothwick Too many clicks spoil the browse. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving Seamonkey email directory.
2009/4/8 Dale : > On another thread I had trouble with Seamonkey crashing on certain > websites. After some other people said it worked for them and some > testing on my end, we figured out it was a bad file somewhere in > ~/.mozilla. I need to transfer my emails to the new clean .mozilla > directory. This is what I have done so far: > > 1: move .mozilla to another directory using cp -av I moved it to my > data directory. > 2: delete ~/.mozilla > 3: open Seamonkey and let it recreate the new .mozilla directory. > 4: close Seamonkey > 5: copy the old Mail directory to the new ~/.mozilla directory. I made > sure it went to the right place too. You know, in the default then some > weird number thing. > 6: open Seamonkey and see if the mail is there. It's not. > > I did check to make sure the permissions were correct. I feel like > there may be another file or something that I need to copy but am missing. > > Is there a how to for this? Has someone did this recently successfully > and like to share how they did it? Could I just delete everything but > the Mail directory and that work? This should work but you need to set up your mail account(s) again as the account settings itself are not stored in the maildir. But I guess you have done this already as seamonkey should remind you about creating a new account if it is started without an existing profile. -- Regards, Daniel
